PT-76
Also known as PT76, Floating Tank 76, 76 mm tank PT-76
The PT-76 is a Soviet amphibious light tank that was introduced in the early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armed forces. It was widely exported to other friendly states, like India, Indonesia, Iraq, Syria, North Korea and North Vietnam.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- PT-76
- Weapon.image
- File:Verkhnyaya Pyshma Tank Museum 2012 0181.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A PT-76 at the Verkhnyaya Pyshma Tank Museum, 2012
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Amphibious light tank
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.is_UK
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1951–present
- Weapon.designer
- N. Shashmurin and Zh.Y. Kotin
- Weapon.design_date
- 1949–1951
- Weapon.manufacturer
- VTZ, Kirov Factory
Article
38 sectionsContents
- Development
- Design
- Armament
- Ammunition
- Countermeasures
- Mobility
- Land
- Water
- Equipment
- Service history
- Combat service
- Vietnam War
- Battle of Ben Het
- First combat use of the TOW missile
- Indian service
- Other combat
- List of conflicts
- Variants
- Soviet Union
- Belarus
- China
- Czechoslovakia
- East Germany
- Indonesia
- Israel
- North Korea
- Poland
- Russia
- United States
- Vietnam
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- Evaluation-only operators
- See also
- References
- Literature
- External links
The PT-76 is a Soviet amphibious light tank that was introduced in the early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armed forces. It was widely exported to other friendly states, like India, Indonesia, Iraq, Syria, North Korea and North Vietnam.
The tank's full name is Floating Tank–76 (, plavayushchiy tank, or , PT-76). 76 stands for the caliber of the main armament: the 76.2 mm D-56T series rifled tank gun.